REPORT OF SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN 283 



the year, and the decease of twenty-seven members has been 

 recorded. 



The pubHcations of the Society during the year and the dates of 

 issue are as follow: 



February 21. Schedule of Prizes and Exhibitions, 60 pp. 



May 4. Transactions, 1911, Part 2, pp. 79-207, Plates 1-11. 



August 29. Transactions, 1912, Part 1, pp. 1-183. 



The Library. 



An unusually large number of accessions to the library has been 

 made during the present year in order that the new catalogue may 

 be made as complete as possible. Most of these additions are 

 publications of historical value which are every year becoming 

 difficult to obtain and more valuable owing to the increase in the 

 number of institutions and libraries throughout the country and 

 the consequent demand for the older publications long since out 

 of print. 



Work on the new catalogue has been steadily maintained through- 

 out the year and is nearly completed as far as concerns the listing 

 of the volumes, and it is expected to begin printing at an early date. 



The use of the library, especially for reference and consultation 

 by those interested in the various lines of horticulture, appears to 

 be increasing and it is a satisfaction to feel that this great collec- 

 tion of books is of value to the community as an effective aid in 

 carrying on the work of the Society. 



Numerous gifts to the library have been made by interested 

 persons during the year. Especially should be mentioned among 

 the donors Messrs. Oakes Ames, Edward E. Norton, Howard W. 

 Preston, Charles S. Parker, and C. Harman Payne, all of whom 

 have presented very desirable volumes and in addition Mr. Norton 

 has given several old manuscripts and trade catalogues of horti- 

 cultural interest. 



Another acceptable gift has been the presentation by Mrs. 

 Charles P. Coffin (Grace Parkman) of Brookline of seventeen of 

 the Society's Silver and Bronze Medals which were awarded to her 

 father, the late Francis Parkman, during the years 1862 to 1878. 



